scrub-oak

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• Oak

  ·noun The strong wood or timber of the oak. II. Oak ·noun Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. T...

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• Oak

  There are six Hebrew words rendered "oak." 1) El occurs only in the word El-paran (Gen. 14:6). The ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• oak

  A rich maa, a man of good substance and credit. To sport oak; to shut the outward door of a student'...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• oak

  n. The Oak of the Northern Hemisphere( Quercus) is not found among the indigenous treesof Australia...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• oak

  ♦ Quercus, the valuable monarch of the woods. "Hearts of oak are our ships," as the old song says. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Oak

  (Heb. strong). There is much difficulty in determining the exact meanings of the several varieties o...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Scrub

  ·noun A worn-out brush. II. Scrub ·noun Something small and mean. III. Scrub ·adj Mean; dirty; con...

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• scrub

  A low mean fellow, employed in all sorts of dirty work. ...

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• scrub

  I. n. country overgrown with thick bushes.Henry Kingsley's explanation (1859), that the word means...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Fumed oak

  ·add. ·- Oak given a weathered appearance by exposure in an air-tight compartment to fumes of ammoni...

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• Oak Tree

  A messuage so called in Watling Street, given to the parish of All Hallows, Bread Street (Strype, Ed...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• cambridge oak

  A willow. ...

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• bull-oak

  n. See oak. ...

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• desert-oak

  n. an Australian tree, Casuarinadecaisneana, F. v. M. See Casuarina and Oak. 1896. Baldwin Spencer...

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• forest-oak

  n. See oak. Forget-me-not, n. The species of this familiar flower is Myosotis australis, R. Br., N...

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• he-oak

  n. See oak and she-oak. ...

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• native oak

  n. See oak. ...

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• oak-apple

  n. the Cone of the Casuarinaor She-Oak tree. 1862. G. T. Lloyd, `Thirty-three Years in Tasmania an...

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• river-oak

  See oak. ...

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• she-oak

  n. 1) A tree of the genus Casuarina (q.v.). The timber, which is very hard andmakes good fuel, was ...

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• silky-oak

  n. a tree, often tall, Grevillearobusta, Cunn., N.O. Proteaceae, producing a usefultimber in demand...

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• swamp-oak

  n. 1) A broomlike leguminous shrubor small tree, Viminaria denudata, Sm. (also called Swamp-broom)....

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• oak-webb

  the brown cock-chafer. Cornish. ...

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• mallee-scrub

  n. the «scrub,» or thicket,formed by the Mallee (q.v.). 1893. A. R. Wallace, `Australasia,' vol. i...

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• mulga-scrub

  n. thickets of Mulga-trees. 1864. J. McDouall Stuart, `Explorations in Australia,'p. 190: «For th...

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• scrub-bird

  n. name given to two Australianbirds, of the genus Atrichia. (Grk. 'atrichos= without hair.) They ar...

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• scrub-cattle

  n. escaped cattle that run wild in the scrub, used as a collective plural of Scrubber (q.v.). 1860...

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• scrub-crab

  n. a Queensland fruit. The largedark purple fruit, two inches in diameter, of Sideroxylonaustrale, ...

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• scrub-dangler

  n. a wild bullock. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xvi. p. 193: «He is one of thos...

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• scrub-fowl

  n. name applied to birds of thegenus Megapodius. See megapode. ...

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• scrub-gum

  n. See gum. ...

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• scrub-hen

  i.q. scrub-fowl. ...

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• scrub-ironwood

  n. See ironwood. ...

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• scrub-myrtle

  n. See myrtle. ...

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• scrub-pine

  n. See pine. ...

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• scrub-rider

  n. a man who rides through the scrub in search of Scrub-cattle (q.v.). 1881. A. C. Giant, `Bush Li...

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• scrub-robin

  n. the modern name for any birdof the genus Drymodes. 1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. i...

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• scrub-sandalwood

  n. See sandalwood. ...

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• scrub-tit

  n. See tit. ...

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• scrub-tree

  n. any tree that grows in the scrub. 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 219: «Almost ...

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• scrub-turkey

  n. an Australian bird, Leipoaocellata, Gould; aboriginal name, the Lowan (q.v.).See Turkey. ...

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• scrub-vine

  n. called also Native Rose. See bauera (q.v.). ...

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• scrub-wren

  n. any little bird of theAustralian genus Sericornis. The species are – – Brown Scrub-Wren – – Seri...

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• Royal Oak Yard

  In Whitecross Street, Cripplegate (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• botany-bay oak

  or Botany-Bay Wood ,n. a trade name in England for the timber of Casuarina. See Beef-wood. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• she-oak nets

  nets placed on each side of a gangwayfrom a ship to the pier, to prevent sailors who have beenindulg...

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• scrub-poison-tree

  n. See poison-tree. ...

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